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10 The apostles returned and reported on what they had done. Jesus took them away, off by themselves, near the town called Bethsaida.
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When the apostles returned, they reported to Jesus what they had done. Then he took them with him and they withdrew by themselves to a town called Bethsaida,
11 But the crowds got wind of it and followed. Jesus graciously welcomed them and talked to them about the kingdom of God. Those who needed healing, he healed.
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but the crowds learned about it and followed him. He welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who needed healing.
12 As the day declined, the Twelve said, "Dismiss the crowd so they can go to the farms or villages around here and get a room for the night and a bite to eat. We're out in the middle of nowhere."
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Late in the afternoon the Twelve came to him and said, “Send the crowd away so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside and find food and lodging, because we are in a remote place here.”
13 "You feed them," Jesus said.
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He replied, “You give them something to eat.”They answered, “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish—unless we go and buy food for all this crowd.”
14 (There were more than five thousand people in the crowd.)
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(About five thousand men were there.) But he said to his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”
15 They did what he said, and soon had everyone seated.
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The disciples did so, and everyone sat down.
16 He took the five loaves and two fish, lifted his face to heaven in prayer, blessed, broke, and gave the bread and fish to the disciples to hand out to the crowd.
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Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke them. Then he gave them to the disciples to distribute to the people.
17 After the people had all eaten their fill, twelve baskets of leftovers were gathered up.
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They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
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